Sanctum # Sanctum **The desktop client for [mithraic.space](https://mithraic.space)** Private. Self-hosted. No tracking, no telemetry, no nonsense. Windows & Linux.
--- ## What is Sanctum? Sanctum is the official desktop client for **mithraic.space** — a private, self-hosted chat community. It's hardwired to connect exclusively to mithraic.space and ships with custom branding and a fully self-contained auto-update pipeline hosted on a private Forgejo instance. Built on top of [Stoat for Desktop](https://github.com/stoatchat/for-desktop), which is itself built on the open-source [Revolt](https://revolt.chat) platform. No reliance on external services. Everything stays in-house. --- ## Installing Grab the latest build from the [Releases page](https://git.mithraic.cloud/ad3laid3/sanctum/releases). ### Linux ```bash mkdir -p ~/.local/share/sanctum unzip Sanctum-linux-x64-*.zip -d /tmp/sanctum-extract cp -rT /tmp/sanctum-extract/Sanctum-linux-x64 ~/.local/share/sanctum/ cat > ~/.local/share/applications/sanctum.desktop << EOF [Desktop Entry] Name=Sanctum Exec=$HOME/.local/share/sanctum/sanctum Icon=$HOME/.local/share/sanctum/resources/assets/desktop/icon.png Type=Application Categories=Network;InstantMessaging; StartupWMClass=sanctum EOF ``` Search for **Sanctum** in your app launcher and you're in. ### Windows Extract the zip, run `sanctum.exe`. --- ## Auto-updates Sanctum checks for updates on every launch. When a new version is available, you'll get a desktop notification — it downloads and installs in the background. Click the notification to restart into the new version. You can also trigger a manual check anytime from the tray icon → **Check for Updates**.